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One point came up during the recent Scott/Shane match. Here's a question for you gamblers. In gambling play, not tournament, if the cue ball and the object ball are very close together, and the player strikes steeply down at the cue, and the cue ball goes through the position once occupied by...

At Pool sharks is Las Vegas, Scott Frost spotted Shane Van Boening 8 - 7 in an 8-ahead contest for $15K. It pitted the long established champion play and superior one-pocket knowledge of Scott against the unparalleled shooting ability of Shane who has only been playing one-pocket for a year. It...

Where did this story get started? I remember Lassiter describing how he ran into Bud Hypes in Mullins, WVA and played him for three days or so before he got even. As I recall they played on a 4X8 which was what Bud was accustomed to playing on. Now I hear a story that Bud beat Wimpy 8 out of...

On most shots I aim more or less by instinct, and on some by picturing the spot I need to hit at the back of the pocket, but I came across a system that was highly touted to be the best of all systems, although known by few. It went something like this: For small angles, 1 degree to 15...